Crop impaction resulting from feather ball formation in caged layers

Avian Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 160-163

  Morishita, Teresa Y ^a   Aye, Pyone Pyone ^a   Harr, Brian S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial layers; Crop impaction; Feather ball; Feather eating; Feather pulling; Pica; Specific pathogen free chickens; Unfamiliar environmental surroundings

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PICA;

EID: 0344528008     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592777     Document Type: Article

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